I move amendment No. 26 :—
To delete sub-section (3).
I propose the deletion of the sub-section because I think it is a bit complicated. It says :—
The Minister may, by regulations, declare that, in relation to any particular service corps, the holder of non-commissioned Army rank therein shall, in lieu of holding a rank specified in column (2) of the Third Schedule to this Act, hold such other equivalent rank as may be specified in such regulations and, in that case, references in any Saorstat Éireann statute or in any Act of the Oireachtas (whether passed before or after this Act), or in any scheme made (whether before or after the passing of this Act) under the Defence Forces (Pensions) Act, 1932 (No. 26 of 1932), to a rank specified in the said column (2) shall as respects that service corps be construed as references to the equivalent rank specified in such regulations.
I do not know what the purpose of that is or what the purpose of giving that power is. Perhaps the Minister will explain.